NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting ffmpeg package, versions <7:2.6.1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.91% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-FFMPEG-18234551
  • published23 Jul 2026
  • disclosed18 May 2017

Introduced: 18 May 2017

CVE-2017-9051  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest ffmpeg to version 7:2.6.1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ffmpeg package and not the ffmpeg package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

libav before 12.1 is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 1 due to NULL pointer dereferencing in the nsv_read_chunk function in libavformat/nsvdec.c.